New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30

marx. In every country where there 10 Nunc!o,
there is to all intents and purposes q man obeylng
the instructions both of the Pope and of tho King
of Italy, representing their Joint interests both
spiritual and temporal, aud possessing in the name
of the infallible Holy Father complete and I'M
questioned control of the religious aspirations and
souls of the masses of the population. The Great
Chancellor at VarZn realized the full effect of this
when. while consenting to send resident Ambas-
sadOr to the Vatican In the person of Baron Won
Schoezer, he firmly declined to receive resident
Nuncio at Berlin.
Were the reconciliation between the Vatican and
the Qurinal to take place too brusquely or too
quickly, the foreign governments would realize
fully this thorough Itaasation of the Catholic
Church. and the result would be that the feelings
of devotion to the Holy Father on the part of the
faithful abroad would be vastly diminished, if not
altogether destroyed The aim which both King
Humbert and Leo Kill have in view is slowly but
gradually and very secretly to ANA gamate the
Holy See with the Italian Monarchy. without de-
taching the foreign Catholics from their allegiance
to the Pope. Sgnor Spaventa, one of the most
famous statesmen of this country. said in fact rs
much in q public speech last year the occasion
of the anniversary of the capture of Rome A
perfect understanding he declared. between
Church and State would have been inconvenient
both to the one and to the other. On the one hand
III WOuiu necessarily nave UAnlpeTcu INC develop
ment and progress of young Italy mbued
as she is with the notions of
liberty and democracy; while on the
other hand the attitude if not of open hostility. at
any rate OF constant protest Of the Vatican has
tended TO reassure the Catholics of the whole world
as 10 the perfect independence and International
lty OF the Holy See; complete reconciliation
would always render the Pope liable TO be
pected abroad of having become subject. or at
any rate citizen, of the Kingdom of Italy
lie is well known that large portion OF the an
nna revenues of the Holy See are derived from the
offerings collected throughout the world under the
denomination of Peters pence Now it is a well
established fact that soon as therels any appear
ance OF reconciliation between the Vatican and the
Quirinal the offerings show serious dmlnutlon.
During the last year the growing frlendness be-
tween the Church and the State caused them 10
drop of to an alarming extent. something had TO be
done to react against this. Accordingly one summer
morning last year the PoDc astonlshed not only the
Italians but the whole civilized world by the issue
of a Papal Bull restoring TO the Jesuits the rights
and privileges of which they had been deprived by
his predecessors The people were entirely at loss
TO understand so incomprehensible an act on the
part of POntlH who bore the reputation oil being
the most li6eral-muded man who had ever sat IN
the chair of 1t. Peter. and who had been conn.
IDENTIFY expected TO realize the reorganization or
Church and State. The newspapers both AT nome
and abroad were full of extraordinary stories as TO
reasons which had induced him to take so Teac-
tlOnary step. and even the solemn LOna0n ZINES
published long editorial asserting that the bui
IN question was the price of an antld0te 10 q pol
son which had been administered 10 MN ny the
JCSullS IneIe was an immense oulCiN III iti'E WI
the subject; the bull was looked upon III the
light of an act Of open warfare against the
Government and Leo NH. was burned IN eingy III
most OF the larger Italian towns. Within couple
Of months the effects of the fOpes clever move be-
came apparent at tho Vatican. Offerings poured
into the Papal eXchequcr TO an extent unknown
during he last four ponticates, the foreign Catho
lies became quite treasured. ana III the midst OF all
the noise OF the mutual rccrlminationS between the
partisaus If the Vatican and the Qnrinal me ar
rangemen for the partlc patton ot the Cahollcs IN
the parliamentary, provincial and municipal cleo !
tons was silently negotiated.
Much more might be written on the same subJect, |
and MANY further Instances given of toe fact that
the apparent hostility of the Pope ana King IS not
it appears on the surface. III consists
chiefly of vOlleys of blank cartridges fTeu iQr the
benefit OF the foreign Catholics. and Leo ALL ana
King Humbert, both of them ardently pairlotlc !
Italians, take advantage of the morse and smoke |
caused thereby TO concert together fresh measures
for the benefit of their much loved country.
Before concluding may be of interest 10 state that
the Holy Father not content with having Suosu-
tinted gas for the oil lamps which had doae dut! al
the Vatican until the commencement OF HIS reign, !
is now having electric lights laid on everywhere
The venerable MonsIgnOr of Plus ms time are |
utterly horror struck at the innovation, ana assert
that the Holy Father will end Dy becoming so Ut |
tery modern that he Will institute Is messenger ser,
wee bicycles 10 convey messages ION one emu
of the long galleries TO the other III the Na'lcah